A UK court's conviction of two Chinese spies who tracked Hong Kong exiles shows how far China is prepared to go to suppress criticism beyond its borders.

The defeat of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sent a clear warning to autocrats who govern through skewed but still competitive elections that a unified, credible opposition can oust them.

The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution endorsing last year's International Court of Justice advisory opinion, which found that states have a legal duty to prevent climate harm.

On 27 May, the US Treasury reimposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, after an appeals court suspended a federal ruling that had briefly lifted them.

Botswana has formally removed the colonial-era provisions that criminalised same-sex relations from its penal code, marking the culmination of over a decade of sustained civil society activism.

Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been allowed to return home following her temporary release from prison for urgent medical treatment.

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, held in Colombia in April, came at a defining moment.

Four countries have banned children from accessing social media, five more have passed laws awaiting implementation and around 40 more are considering bans.

Péter Magyar's Tisza Party won a two-thirds supermajority in Hungary's 12 April parliamentary election, ending 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule.

On 8 April, states on the United Nations (UN) Economic and Social Council elected 19 new members of the NGO Committee, the body that decides which civil society organisations receive the consultative status that gives them access to the UN system.